Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

